Otters in the Stream

I shot this image a while ago, but it is still one of my favorites from a kayak. I was treated to a full show with these otters from the hunt to playing on the bank and even a bit of "making little otters". ( I turned the camera away during that part.... they needed a little privacy) Otters fascinate me and I love watching them hunt even if they usually ruin the fishing for a bit. I always stop fishing to watch their antics anyway. This image ended up in a book published by the Georgia DNR and was my first ever printed piece.

Chris Funk is an avid outdoorsman and rabid photographer. He tells folks his life revolves around 6 "F"s, his Faith,Family,Fur,Fins,Feathers and Fotography. He paddles all over the Southeast with his bride Angie and son Ethan. They fish for any critter that will tighten a line and it doesn't matter if it is with conventional gear, fly gear or bowfishing gear. He and his son are on the Jackson kayak fishing team and the whole family helps with an awesome group called Paddle4Tomorrow that gets people with special needs out for a day of paddling.